Police propose measures to tackle Kochi city’s traffic woes on a war footing

The Kochi City constabulary volition contented directions to assorted departments connected the contiguous measures to beryllium taken to easiness persistent postulation congestion astatine cardinal locations successful and astir the city. The determination comes arsenic portion of a coordinated effort initiated by the constabulary to code the city’s long-pending postulation woes, which person worsened owing to the reopening of schools and ongoing works connected the Kochi metro hold and the nationalist highway.

The police’s program is to place and instrumentality short-, medium-, and semipermanent solutions successful a phased manner. The postulation choke points identified by the constabulary see Edappally, Palarivattom, Cheranalloor, Edachira, Vyttila, Thiruvankulam, Thevara, Bolgatty Junction, Pallimukku, High Court Junction, Kaloor, Kadavanthra, Pachalam, and Vathuruthy.

The constabulary person already identified the issues requiring urgent attention, and recommendations volition beryllium issued to the departments concerned, including the Kochi Corporation, Public Works section (PWD), Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Kochi metro, and the Kerala Water Authority (KWA), a elder constabulary authoritative said.

“The suggestions person been prepared aft a elaborate investigation of each postulation hotspot. They volition see contiguous measures specified arsenic cutting obstructive trees, removing obstacles, ensuring escaped near turns, and repairing defunct thoroughfare lights,” the authoritative added.

District Police Chief (Kochi City) Kaliraj Mahesh Kumar precocious convened a gathering of assorted departments to sermon the issue. The departments were besides asked to taxable proposals to code the postulation crisis.

The PWD, officials said, volition inspect sites nether its jurisdiction and marque proposals to easiness postulation snarls arsenic the concern demands. “We volition instrumentality the speedy fixes we tin connected the ground, portion issues requiring semipermanent solutions volition beryllium compiled into a study and submitted to the District Police Chief,” a PWD authoritative said.

Mayor V.K. Minimol said the section assemblage volition instrumentality due decisions aft examining the issues highlighted by the police.